Letter from the Interim Dean

Dear Mays Family:

I am honored to receive the opportunity to serve you and our school as interim dean. In this role, and by collaborating with you, we will build on the successes of our three most recent deans – Eli Jones, Jerry Strawser, and Benton Cocanougher – as well as the deans who served prior to these three scholars and leaders. I know that all of us have a significant amount of gratitude for the contributions flowing from the work of those who came before us.

As we look forward, please know that we remain committed to pursuing multiple existing projects, including the design and building of the Business Education Complex and preparing an update to the current version of the Mays Strategic Plan.

Synergy is the word that captures what we aim to accomplish in the foreseeable future. In this sense, we seek to achieve a greater combined impact through our collaborations compared to the sum of what we would derive from individual actions.

Stewardship is what we hope to accomplish with the investment of time, success, and monetary contributions from you, our dedicated and passionate partners. Through the stories shared in Benefactor, we hope to show you a glimpse of the incredible ways individuals from Mays are advancing the world’s prosperity, our vision.

Prosperity has many definitions; we highlight several of these in this issue of Benefactor. We hope you will enjoy our descriptions of different perspectives of prosperity as you read this issue. And if you are so inclined, let us know about your view of prosperity and its effect on people. You can do this by using our social media handle @MaysBusiness.

Respectfully,
Duane Ireland